In the aftermath of the financial crisis trust, in the European Central Bank (ECB) has reached an historical low …. Taking panel data and using a fixed effects DFGLS estimation for a 12–country sample over the time period 1999 to 2011 with a … total of 312 observations, this paper detects a structural break in citizens’ trust in the ECB. The paper confirms that …

suggest. Trust between trading partners lowers transaction costs and may therefore enhance trade. The empirical analysis of … this paper shows that more trust leads to more trade so that part of the mystery of missing trade can be attributed to the … and of informal trust contribute to the explanation of bilateral trade flows. When we assume an increase in informal trust …

the most suffered the biggest loss in confidence in institutions, particularly in trust in government and the financial …We document that trust in public institutions - and particularly trust in banks, business and government - has declined … over recent years. U.S. time series evidence suggests that this partly reflects the pro-cyclical nature of trust in …

the most suffered the biggest loss in confidence in institutions, particularly in trust in government and the financial …We document that trust in public institutions and particularly trust in banks, business and government has declined … over recent years. U.S. time series evidence suggests that this partly reflects the pro-cyclical nature of trust in …

to trust using data from the European Social Survey, we analyze their personal, demographic, and regional determinants …In this paper we test the effect of trust on the choice of child care technology. We estimate individual-level trust as …). Compared to other measures of trust, using this technique has several advantages: It makes more efficient use of information by …

performance appraisal systems, monitoring by supervisors, autonomy to organize the work) and individuals' inclination to trust … others. Trust is measured by the general trust question like in most other economic studies based on surveys. We find that … negatively related to trust. Moreover, we contribute to the literature on trust by gathering hints to other potential …

A vast literature has investigated the relationship between trust and aggregate economic performance. We investigate … the relationship between individual trust and individual economic performance. We find that individual income is hump …-shaped in a measure of intensity of trust beliefs available in the European Social Survey. We show that heterogeneity of trust …